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AICE Marine Science Exam Studyguide (part 1) Quizzes & Ans!!

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AICE Marine Science Exam Studyguide (part 1) Quizzes
& Ans!!

What is the littoral zone? ✔✔the area between the sublittoral zone and the
high-water line


What are the three different types of shores? ✔✔rocky sandy muddy


Which type of shore is the most resistant to erosion? ✔✔rocky


Which type of shore is the most exposed to erosion? ✔✔rocky


What are rocky shores made out of? ✔✔granite and sandstone


Which type of shore has the most biodiversity? ✔✔rocky


Which type of shore has the least biodiversity? ✔✔sandy


What makes rocky shores so diverse? ✔✔stable substrate and tide pool


what environmental factors influence shore communities ✔✔slope, aspect,
desiccation, temperature, wave action, light intensity, and nature of substrate


name the two ways shores are formed ✔✔erosion and deposition

,what is the nature of sandy shore substrate? why? ✔✔unstable. fine particles
are easily moved by winds and tides


Why are sandy shores the least diverse ✔✔unstable substrate, lack of shelter


what do organisms on sandy shores do to make up for the unstable substrate
✔✔burrow


which shore is least exposed to erosion ✔✔muddy


what is an estuary ✔✔semi-enclosed body of water


what is a delta ✔✔river carrying suspended sediments


what are mangroves ✔✔trees and shrubs in tropical saline coastal habitats


what are the two types of mangrove structures ✔✔pneumatophores and
aerials


what are pneumatophores ✔✔specifically adapted root-like structures that
obtain oxygen directly from air


what are the benefits of extensive root systems in mangroves ✔✔they trap
particles suspended in water, they reduce water flow, and they dissipate wave
action

, what are the different types of mangroves ✔✔red, black, white


what are the two types of crust ✔✔continental and oceanic


what is continental crust made out of ✔✔granite


what is oceanic crust made out of ✔✔basalt


what is the mohorovicic discontinuity ✔✔boundary between crust and mantle


evidence for plate tectonics ✔✔mid ocean ridge, pangea, plant and animal
fossils found regions across the sea from their origin, rock strata, paleoclimatic


what are plate boundaries ✔✔where plates met


how do plates move ✔✔the unequal heating of magma


what are the different types of boundaries ✔✔divergent, convergent, transform


what are divergent boundaries ✔✔when plates move away from each other


how are ridges formed ✔✔two plates pull apart and rises magma cool off

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